Team

Data Advisor

Cliff is a software engineer who lives in Chicago. He lived for two wonderful years in Dadeldhura, where he taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer at Mahendra Secondary School and served as a teacher trainer in the Ministry of Education. He has a masters degree in education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a masters degree in software engineering from DePaul University’s College of Computing and Digital Media. You can find him on GitHub and LinkedIn.

Director of strategy

Asmita is a young professional working in healthcare informatics in the US. She has experience in marketing, fundraising, and grant writing.

Project Coordinator

Wanna be a Civic Entrepreneur, Lone Traveler, and forbearing Listener, Nikesh represents two non-profit organization - Open Knowledge Nepal and Code for Nepal, both working to improve digital literacy and open data sector of Nepal. He is a strong supporter of Open Source Software and believes in the vision of Open Knowledge to empower citizens regarding technology usage and Open Data. He serves different open communities of Nepal as a volunteer and his main mission is to create transparent and accountable society by using the potential of civic technology. He kills his frustration and enjoys his success by writing an article, essay, poem, and blogs. With gifted Event Management and Research skills, He loves Coordinating, Communicating, Team Building, Brainstorming, Blogging and Tweeting. He had completed Diploma in Computer Engineering and currently pursuing his bachelor degree from Purbanchal University. Nikesh is a Shuttleworth Flash Grantee 2016 and U.S. Embassy Youth Council member 2017/18. Achievements and Failures are all documented on his personal website: www.neekes.com.np

Director of operations and partnerships

Roshan Ghimire is a photojournalist and a social media enthusiast. He graduated from University of the District of Columbia (UDC) with a degree on Mass Media, concentrating on Television Production and Photography and has MBA from Southwest Minnesota State University. Being a story teller, he dreams of traveling around the world with a “bohemian” spirit, documenting and discovering parameters of joys, sorrows and pains of common people. He previously interned at CBS News and FrameWorks Institute, Washington DC. In 2011, He received UDC Civic Engagement grant to work as a media fellow at Empower DC’s Grassroots Media Project. He is also a founding member of Story South Asia, a new media startup. You can email him at rosh.ghimire@gmail.com, follow him @roshghimire and enjoy his photo works at roshanism.com.

Advisor

Emina is passionate about the intersection of the private sector and international development, and the potential for businesses to do good. She is a graduate student at the Yale School of Management with a focus on social enterprise. Prior to business school, she worked at a global IT company for six years and spent this past summer at the World Bank with a particular interest in job creation strategies in developing countries. She has also worked abroad in Japan and Nepal. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling and running long-distance with her dog Olive.

Associate Developer

Amit loves to write code to solve problems. He is currently an undergraduate student of Computer Engineering in Nepal. His interests include automation and machine learning. You can visit his website to see what he's been up to or visit his Github profile to see what projects he's passionate about.

Community coordinator

Prashish loves exploring the world of technology. He is a Mozilla Rep and a strong advocate of the open web, and, once, drove over 11,000 miles across 40 US States in 25 days for its public awareness. He has interned in PayClip, Redwood City and Microsoft Innovation Center, Kathmandu and also, co-founded fortystones in his dorm room. Currently a graduate student at University of Cincinnati, he has also published two international papers. Prashish’s ulterior goals in life is to make a difference in this world by creating things that brings value.

Founder

Mia is a social entrepreneur, women’s rights advocate, and co-founder of Code for Nepal. She has a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, she worked for the State Department in the Bureau of African Affairs and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. She’s passionate about human rights, technology, and international development, especially in post-conflict and fragile states.